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Andוַhe sent outיְשַׁלַּחthe doveאֶת הַיּוֹנָהfrom himמֵאִתּוֹto seeלִרְאוֹתwhetherהֲthe watersהַמַּיִםhad decreasedקַלּוּfrom the faceמֵעַל פְּנֵיof the ground.הָאֲדָמָה
Genesis 8:8
Study it in the app“And he sent out the dove from him to see whether the waters had decreased from the face of the ground.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 8:8, word by word
- he sent outיְשַׁלַּחyeshalach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “yeshalach” appears- the doveיּוֹנָהyona
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yona” appears- to seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- the watersמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- had decreasedקַלּוּkalu
be light
To weigh little or be worth little; to become lighter, or go down.
Where else “kalu” appears- from the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears
The context
7and he sent out the raven, and it went going out and returning until the waters had dried up from the earth.
8 · This verse (above)
9But the dove did not find a resting place for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of all the earth. And he reached out his hand and took her and brought her to himself into the ark.
To study Genesis 8 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Elohim remembered Noah, and what did Noah do when he came out of the ark (vv. 1, 20)?
2. What it means
What does YHWH’s promise never again to curse the ground because of humans mean (v. 21)?
3. How I live it
For what good thing can you give thanks today, as Noah did when he came out of the ark?